Clemente
Boy · kle-MEN-tay · Latin
Clemente is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “merciful, gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Clemente mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Clement
“merciful, gentle”
Spanish and Italian form of Clement; baseball great Roberto Clemente of Puerto Rico bore it as a surname.
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Is Clemente a girl's or a boy's name?
Clemente is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clemente in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Clemente, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 60 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clemente in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clemente in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,900 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,727 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,638 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 48 | #1,364 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,313 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,171 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,348 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,203 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1956 | 26 | #1,531 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,267 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,156 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,268 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,417 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,496 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,503 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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